Optoelectronic modules including hybrid arrangements of beam shaping elements, and imaging devices incorporating the same

An optoelectronic module having a plurality of optical channels, the module comprising:

• an image sensor including light sensitive regions each of which is associated with a respective one of the optical channels;
• a first laterally contiguous array of first beam shaping elements, each of which is associated with a different respective one of the optical channels;
• a second laterally contiguous array of beam shaping elements, wherein the second laterally contiguous array is of a type different from the first laterally contiguous array;
• and one or more second beam shaping elements that are not part of a laterally contiguous array spanning more than one of the optical channels, wherein each of the one or more second beam shaping elements is associated with a respective one of the optical channels, wherein the first laterally contiguous array of beam shaping elements is disposed in a first lens barrel, and each of the one or more second beam shaping elements is disposed in a respective second lens barrel different from the first lens barrel, and wherein one of the first or second laterally contiguous arrays includes multiple beam shaping elements formed together with a common body portion as a single monolithic piece and another of the first or second laterally contiguous arrays includes replicated beam shaping elements on a common transparent substrate.

An optoelectronic module having a plurality of optical channels, the module comprising:

• an image sensor including light sensitive regions each of which is associated with a respective one of the optical channels;
• a first laterally contiguous array of first beam shaping elements, each of which is associated with a different respective one of the optical channels;
• a second laterally contiguous array of beam shaping elements, wherein the second laterally contiguous array is of a type different from the first laterally contiguous array;
• and a plurality of second beam shaping elements that are not part of a laterally contiguous array spanning more than one of the optical channels, wherein each of the second beam shaping elements is disposed on a same side of the first array of beam shaping elements as the other second beam shaping elements and is associated with a respective one of the optical channels, wherein at least some of the second beam shaping elements are substantially not co-planar with one another;
• wherein one of the first or second laterally contiguous arrays includes multiple beam shaping elements formed together with a common body portion as a single monolithic piece and another of the first or second laterally contiguous arrays includes replicated beam shaping elements on a common transparent substrate.